This Article is intended to control outdoor
signs of all types in all zoning districts by regulating size, location,
quantity, quality, content and design to:
No "for sale" or "for rent" or advertising signs
of any character in any district of the Incorporated Village of Brightwaters
shall be of greater area than six square feet except as hereinafter
provided.
In the Business District, a sign referring only
to business conducted on the same premises may have an area not to
exceed 10 square feet, and it shall be limited to one sign on the
front of the place of business. "For sale" or "for rent" signs on
improved or unimproved property are limited to six square feet.
Only one sign shall be permitted on each parcel
of real property, except in the case of parcels fronting on more than
one street, other than service roads, in which case one sign shall
be allowed to be placed in the area of each street frontage.
A.
Before any sign, other than a "for sale" or "for rent"
sign relating to real property, shall be erected or maintained, an
application, in writing, shall be signed and filed with the Village
Clerk by the owner in fee simple or by his duly authorized agent,
setting forth a full description of the construction, material and
reading matter of said sign and the proposed location thereof on the
plot. A written permit shall be issued by said Village Clerk if, from
said application, it shall appear that said sign complies with this
Article.
B.
No signs, whether temporary or permanent, shall be
permitted on public streets or rights-of-way or on Village lands or
lands of any other public or quasi-public entity without the approval,
in advance, of the Board of Trustees of the Village.
No sign, except in a Business District, shall
be posted, erected or maintained within five feet of any property
line of the parcel on which it is situated. Signs are to be placed
within the boundaries of the parcel as reduced by said five-foot setback.
The setback from any street property line is to be measured from the
property line of the ownership parcel and not from the edge of any
pavement within a roadway or from any other point or line; however,
no such sign shall be so placed as to obstruct clear view of roadways
at intersecting streets.
Signs shall not be attached to any tree, fence
or structure but shall be attached to a standard sunk in the ground
and shall not extend more than five feet above the ground.
A.
Signs may contain the name, address and telephone
number of the party to be contacted with respect to the offering and
may include such additional customary items as company logos and the
words "agent," "broker," "owner," "realtor," etc., and may indicate
whether the property is for sale and/or for rent and may contain other
typical language such as "by appointment only," "open house" or "sold,"
except that which may be specifically prohibited by future resolution
of the Village Board of Trustees. "Sold" signs may not remain in place
after the consummation of the transaction to which they refer.
B.
Signs are to relate only to the offering of the property
on which they are placed, and directional signs placed on private
properties of others or on public property or within public rights-of-way,
parklands or any other nonprivately owned parcels are prohibited without
specific approval in advance by the Village Board of Trustees.
No overhanging or projecting signs shall be
permitted.
No construction or contractors' signs shall
be permitted during the construction or alteration of a building or
any other structure, except for signs giving warning of hazard or
danger.
[Amended 4-4-2022 by L.L. No. 3-2022]
A.
This section shall be applicable to the North, South and Central
Business Districts.
B.
No outside, exterior or interior signs and lights, and interior signs
and lights shall include only those signs and lights that are visible
from the outside of the premises, may be erected or maintained unless
a full description of the same is submitted to the Village Building
Inspector and a permit for the erection and maintenance thereof is
obtained. No neon signs utilizing exposed neon tubes shall be erected
or maintained, and no flashing or moving neon or electric or similar
signs shall be permitted. No spot or floodlights for the purpose of
illuminating buildings or parking areas will be permitted, except
when allowed as a special exception by the Board of Trustees upon
application therefor, and then only upon the observance of the following
conditions:
(1)
All area lightings shall be provided by means of controlled light
sources, such as enclosed-type floodlights, refractors or equal, to
minimize the light shining above the horizontal line measured by the
height of the equipment.
(2)
Light from luminaries shall be controlled, if necessary, by means
of louvers or light hoods. No bare bulbs shall be permitted.
